The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan c13.s3.t1.7

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The excavations of Dr. Sankalia at Langhnaj in the Mehsana District in 1942, '44, '47 and '49 resulted in the discovery of a large number of microliths, animal remains and seven human skeletons in a very highly flexed position. Due to the fine and homogeneous texture of the soil, as it was windborne, it was not possible to locate any stratification or sequence. The soil analyses carried out by Prof. Zeuner, however, yielded definite evidence of a buried soil.³ This was confirmed by the excavations conducted by the writer in 1954 at this site. A continuous humic horizon was found varying in depth between 2'-10" and 4'-2" by testing the soil with acid. Another human skeleton in a badly preserved condition was found below this horizon suggesting that the Microlithic culture belonged to the older land surface, subsequently raised by fresh deposition.